Our traveling chef prepares healthy, home-cooked meals every riding day. She understands the “performance food” needed to undertake such a challenge.

We limit the group size to 30 plus staff. You’re neither alone nor anonymous. We guarantee you’ll make some lifelong friends along the way.

We’ll complete the Western Segment of the Northern Tier from Anacortes, WA to Fargo, ND in the summer of 2010.

TO JOIN: Sign up on-line or call us at 800-247-1444 to make your non-refundable, non-transferable registration deposit of $300. The first payment of $2000 will be due December 1, 2010 by check. The balance of the trip fee will be due April 15, 2011 by check. If you cancel prior to April 15th, $1000 of the first $2000 payment is refundable. The remainder is nonrefundable and not transferable to another tour.

DISCOUNTS: Sign up for the tour by August 31, 2010 and receive a discount of $300. Sign up for any shorter, domestic WomanTours trip in 2010 at the same time you register for the 2011 cross-country tour and receive a 10% discount on the shorter tour.

CANCELLATION & REFUNDS: The $300 registration fee is nonrefundable and nontransferable. If you cancel between December 1, 2010 and April 1, 2011, $1000 of the first payment is nonrefundable and nontransferable. Our cross-country tours often fill early and have waiting lists.

TRIP INSURANCE: We will provide you with a source for trip cancellation/interruption insurance. We strongly recommend insurance, especially for a trip of this magnitude.

TOUR DETAILS: Help on training, transportation, packing, and an itinerary will be sent upon receipt of your registration fee. We will also mail you a series of Prep Talk newsletters to help you prepare for the trip.

Are you interested in bicycling across the country? On the Northern Tier cross-country route from North Dakota to Maine? We’ve divided the tour in half and will run the Western half in 2010 and the Eastern half in 2011. We hope this makes it easier to fit the tour into your busy lives. Here’s your chance to ride across America on the beautiful northern route - for women only.

We’ll start our cross-country tour on the Northern Tier in 2010 and finish it in 2011. We’ll start this Eastern Segment in Fargo, ND and continue through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. We’ll celebrate the finish of our tour by dipping our tires into the Atlantic Ocean.

We’ll bike along the shores of two of the Great Lakes – Erie and Ontario, and right by the fantastic Niagara Falls. After biking by WomanTours headquarters, you’ll bike through Adirondack State Park, near the shores of Lake Champlain and over the Green Mountains of Vermont. We’ll end the tour in beautiful Acadia National Park.

Along the way you’ll experience scenic, rural America and small town hospitality. Our van carries your luggage. Dry, warm beds and a hot shower await you every night at our hotels. No camping for us! The founder of WomanTours, Gloria Smith, age 67, has put her time in on the hard ground. She appreciates a soft bed after a long day in the saddle. Don't we all?

We give you descriptive, “can't get lost” maps by Adventure Cycling and our own detailed cue sheets to show you the way.

We designed this tour with women over 50 in mind, but women of any age are welcome. Everyone rides at her own pace. Our supportive atmosphere for and by women helps each of us accomplish more than we ever thought capable of.

We offer a reasonable price. You’ll find we have the cheapest per day rate for any hotel cross-country bike touring company.

We build 1 rest day into the schedule every week. We schedule these layover days at scenic stops to give you time to see the natural wonders of our country. And to give our bodies a chance to recover and stay healthy and strong. We offer lower daily mileages than any other transamerica touring company.